Butterflies?
 

Buddleia in full bloom everywhere but no butterflies on the butterfly bush.

However something is spawning caterpillars on virtually all my shrubs -
they are eating away the growing tips. Even going after the olive trees.

I read that we had a butterfly shortage, but is Coastal Suffolk
particularly affected?

Cheers


Dave R

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Butterflies?
 

"David" wrote

Buddleia in full bloom everywhere but no butterflies on the butterfly bush.

However something is spawning caterpillars on virtually all my shrubs -
they are eating away the growing tips. Even going after the olive trees.


Sawfly?

I read that we had a butterfly shortage, but is Coastal Suffolk
particularly affected?



I've only seen a few here and mostly whites on the cabbages. One Red
Admiral, one Peacock, a few Brimstones and blues and a Meadow Brown.


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Butterflies?
 

On 30/07/16 17:20, BobHobden wrote:
"David" wrote

Buddleia in full bloom everywhere but no butterflies on the butterfly bush.

However something is spawning caterpillars on virtually all my shrubs -
they are eating away the growing tips. Even going after the olive trees.


Sawfly?

+1

It's been far worse this year than previously. The greenhouse shrubs are
a mess. Anything with other than extremely tough leaves seems doomed.
Even apparently tough eucalyptus leaves are fair game.

I read that we had a butterfly shortage, but is Coastal Suffolk
particularly affected?



I've only seen a few here and mostly whites on the cabbages. One Red
Admiral, one Peacock, a few Brimstones and blues and a Meadow Brown.

Not seen a Red Admiral, but several Brimstones, Large Whites, Large
Tortoiseshells, and the odd Gatekeeper.

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Jeff

Butterflies?
 

David wrote:

I read that we had a butterfly shortage, but is Coastal Suffolk
particularly affected?

Have had the usual Red Admirals flapping against the invisible force
fields here ...

Butterflies?
 

David wrote:
I read that we had a butterfly shortage, but is Coastal Suffolk
particularly affected?

We feel as if we're seeing more butterflies this year compared with
the last few years. I saw a really beautiful, perfec, Red Admiral
this afternoon and there also seem to be a few Tortoiseshells around
and they have been very scarce the past few years. We also seem to
have quite a lot of browns of various species in our meadows.

We are in Suffolk Coastal DC, near Woodbridge.

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Chris Green
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Butterflies?
 

On Sat, 30 Jul 2016 19:17:12 +0100, Chris Green wrote:

David wrote:
I read that we had a butterfly shortage, but is Coastal Suffolk
particularly affected?

We feel as if we're seeing more butterflies this year compared with the
last few years. I saw a really beautiful, perfec, Red Admiral this
afternoon and there also seem to be a few Tortoiseshells around and they
have been very scarce the past few years. We also seem to have quite a
lot of browns of various species in our meadows.

We are in Suffolk Coastal DC, near Woodbridge.

Just up the road from me, then.

Nothing much in Felixstowe at the moment.

Cheers


Dave R



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